Rick Flagg
Host of Sunrise
Rick Flagg has been covering politics in the Florida Capitol since 1978, when he was a student at Florida A&M University. He has covered every governor since Reubin Askew and actually liked a couple of them. During his 40+ years as a radio reporter, he won dozens of awards and was part of the team that won a national Edward R Murrow award for best news in radio. Rick has two daughters, two grandsons and more than 200,000 bees in his yard.
Rick Flagg has hosted 273 Episodes.
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2000 redux?
October 23rd, 2020 | 21 mins 56 secs
2000 election, barry richard, carl hiaasen, dave barry, donald trump, election day, florida, florida man, florida politics, george w. bush, government, joe biden, politics, ron desantis, tallahassee
Rick Flagg takes you through the day's Florida news on SUNRISE.
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Changes
October 22nd, 2020 | 21 mins 4 secs
charlie crist, coronavirus, covid-19, department of health, florida, florida man, florida politics, government, politics, ron desantis, surgeon general, tallahassee, u.s. postal service, usps
Rick Flagg takes you through the day's Florida news on SUNRISE.
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Stay open
October 21st, 2020 | 20 mins 52 secs
classroom, coronavirus, covid-19, donald trump, florida, florida man, florida politics, global warming, government, high school football, politics, ron desantis, schools, tallahassee, university of florida
Rick Flagg takes you through the day's Florida news on SUNRISE.
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Downplay
October 20th, 2020 | 17 mins 11 secs
coronavirus, covid-19, early voting, florida, florida man, florida politics, government, joe biden, kamala harris, politics, ron desantis, susan mcmanus, tallahassee
Rick Flagg takes you through the day's Florida news on SUNRISE.
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Early voting
October 19th, 2020 | 18 mins 19 secs
coronavirus, covid-19, donald trump, dozier school for boys, florida, florida gators, florida man, florida politics, government, lincoln project, politics, ron desantis, tallahassee, unemployment
Rick Flagg takes you through the day's Florida news on SUNRISE.
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Triple digits
October 16th, 2020 | 22 mins 10 secs
aarp, coronavirus, covid-19, deviled crab, donald trump, florida, florida man, florida politics, government, janet cruz, miami-dade, mike pence, politics, ron desantis, tallahassee
Rick Flagg takes you through the day's Florida news on SUNRISE.
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Full-court press
October 15th, 2020 | 16 mins 25 secs
coronavirus, covid-19, donald trump, florida, florida gators, florida man, florida politics, government, lsu, miami-dade, migrant workers, politics, steve vancore, tallahassee
Rick Flagg takes you through the day's Florida news on SUNRISE.
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Creeping up
October 14th, 2020 | 27 mins 5 secs
amendment 3, charlie crist, coronavirus, covid-19, donald trump, florida, florida man, florida politics, government, joe biden, ocala, open primaries, pembroke pines, politics, sanford, tallahassee
Rick Flagg takes you through the day's Florida news on SUNRISE.
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Super-spreader
October 13th, 2020 | 24 mins 44 secs
florida, florida man, florida politics, government, politics, tallahassee
Rick Flagg takes you through the day's Florida news on SUNRISE.
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Patient Zero
October 12th, 2020 | 15 mins 39 secs
coronavirus, covid-19, donald trump, donald trump jr., florida, florida man, florida politics, government, hurricane delta, hurricane michael, politics, ron desantis, tallahassee
Rick Flagg takes you through the day's Florida news on SUNRISE.
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Clawback
October 9th, 2020 | 18 mins 27 secs
2021 session, clawback, coronavirus, covid-19, florida, florida man, florida politics, government, politics, special session, tallahassee, unemployment
Rick Flagg takes you through the day's Florida news on SUNRISE.
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No end?
October 8th, 2020 | 28 mins 46 secs
ar-15, coronavirus, covid-19, donald trump, florida, florida man, florida politics, florida supreme court, frederica wilson, government, jeff kottkamp, kamala harris, mike pence, politics, ron desantis, shakespere, tallahassee
Rick Flagg takes you through the day's Florida news on SUNRISE.
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Delta
October 7th, 2020 | 19 mins 43 secs
covid-19, florida, florida man, florida politics, government, holocaust, hurricane delta, politics, public service commission, rapid testing, register to vote, ron desantis, tallahassee, the villages, utility disconnections
Rick Flagg takes you through the day's Florida news on SUNRISE.
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Trickery
October 6th, 2020 | 22 mins 58 secs
amendment 2, anthony pedicini, coronavirus, covid-19, donald trump, florida, florida chamber of commerce, florida man, florida politics, government, joe biden, little haiti, miami, politics, tallahassee, walter reed medical center
Rick Flagg takes you through the day's Florida news on SUNRISE.
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Shaken
October 5th, 2020 | 22 mins 28 secs
broward, coronavirus, covid-19, donald trump, florida, florida man, florida politics, government, miami-dade, politics, quarantine, ron desantis, super spreader, supreme court, tallahassee, walter reed
Rick Flagg takes you through the day's Florida news on SUNRISE.
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Must-win
October 2nd, 2020 | 31 mins 54 secs
covid-19, darren soto, donald trump, fema, florida, florida man, florida politics, florida woman, government, hurricane maria, insurance companies, joe gruters, politics, presidential debate, puerto rico, ron desantis, tallahassee
Rick Flagg takes you through the day's Florida news on SUNRISE.